The Kano Pillars Gazette
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Kano Pillars
Ali Abdullahi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Kano Pillars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Habibu Yakubu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Ali Abdullahi knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kano Pillars, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Abdulmalik Sanusi gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Abdulmalik Sanusi is on it.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
Nobody is scoring past Muttaka Musa at Berekum Chelsea
4 shut-outs in 12 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Muttaka Musa has been having a lot of them.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Suleman Garba has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Kano Pillars will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes Ibrahim Inuwa a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Kano Pillars. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
Tekstilac Odžaci cannot leave Muhammed Usman out
10 starts and an average of 6.60. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager comes out for Abdullahi Musa
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Abdullahi Musa has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Abdullahi Musa is the talk of the training ground
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Muhammed Usman at Tekstilac Odžaci